Occupy Wall Street
I have wondered for quite some time how long it would take people to take to the streets.
Now, we have a movement spreading throughout the nation that began with Occupy Wall Street.
As wonderful as I think this is, there is an inherent problem with this movement.
To put it in as simple terms as possible, “How can you get there if you don’t know where you’re going?”
Don’t get me wrong, I take my hat off to these people for stepping up and voicing their dissatisfaction.
I really do.
Occupy Philadelphia
But, but, but… if this group of loosely configured protesters do not coalesce then all of their well intentioned efforts will be for naught, nothing, zip, nada…
If this movement is to mean anything then they have to define precisely what they want and how they intend to get it.
They can, after defining exactly what their goals are, emulate the tea baggers and support only those candidates that will achieve those selected outcomes.
Now, I don’t know anything about anything, but if this were my movement this is what I would be interested in…
- Jobs
- Financial Reform
- Education
- Universal Healthcare
Occupy Boston
Let’s take jobs as an example. Like I said, I don’t know from anything, but I do know that it is not that hard to create jobs.
The country needs vast amounts of infrastructure repairs and we need to grow our ability to use alternative energy.
When it comes right down to it, this is not as hard to finance as we are lead to believe.
Years ago, when I was just a boy, the tax code was set up so that a company had one of two choices:
1. Get taxed to high heaven
or
2. Reinvest in their business
What is wrong with this model? Not a damn thing.
Corporations pay little or no taxes at the present because of tax loopholes, regardless of what the tax rate is!
What the federal and state governments can do is to seek bids for infrastructure projects and alternative energy projects. They can provide great tax benefits to those companies that hire and expand.
The federal government can tax the shit out of the rich to pay for these projects.
And, the treasury coffers will increase with the millions of newly created jobs.
Anyway, that’s just a for instance.
Occupy Wall Street
The point of this post is simple.
Define what you want.
Support the candidates that will implement what you want.
Easy, peasy; shit or get off the pot.
